Despite the excitement and fervor that goes along with someone finding an unannounced new feature of an upcoming Apple product, this one’s been debunked. Reports that iTunes 7.1 included code to support gaming (text boxes and user prompts asking how the user would like to manage their games and disk space on the Apple TV device were found in the string codes) have been proven false.
An article on MacUser demonstrates that the discovered code strings which prompt these user messages were pretty much identical to the iPod’s text strings.
The iPod, of course, has been revamped as a portable gaming device with Apple selling a wider base of games from the iTunes Store for recently released iPods.
In this case, the developer in charge of writing the strings copied and pasted a bit. MacUser also makes another relevant point: should Apple decide to craft the Apple TV into a gaming device, wouldn’t they be announcing this to everyone as opposed to hiding it?
Also, does the Apple TV really stand as a worthy gaming competitor, especially in the face of competing consoles? More to the point, where would it fit into your daily gaming?
Something to discuss.

Despite the excitement and fervor that goes along with someone finding an unannounced new feature of an upcoming Apple product, this one’s been debunked. Reports that iTunes 7.1 included code to support gaming (text boxes and user prompts asking how the user would like to manage their games and disk space on the Apple TV device were found in the string codes) have been proven false.
An article on MacUser demonstrates that the discovered code strings which prompt these user messages were pretty much identical to the iPod’s text strings.
The iPod, of course, has been revamped as a portable gaming device with Apple selling a wider base of games from the iTunes Store for recently released iPods.
In this case, the developer in charge of writing the strings copied and pasted a bit. MacUser also makes another relevant point: should Apple decide to craft the Apple TV into a gaming device, wouldn’t they be announcing this to everyone as opposed to hiding it?
Also, does the Apple TV really stand as a worthy gaming competitor, especially in the face of competing consoles? More to the point, where would it fit into your daily gaming?
Something to discuss.